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Detective Book Club: Gideon's art; If you want to see your wife again...; The Mourning tree

1: Gideon's art by Marric: The painting, a Velasquez, was a remarkable piece of art, a national treasure woth 250,000 pounds...and under 24 hr. guard. Yet the picture was gone, stolen from the National Gallery by persons unknown, in a manner unknown, and at a time unknow. Now it was up to New Scotland Yard to get it bakc...and that would take a ... more »bit of luck, and a bit of Gideon's Art!; 2: If you wnat to see your wife again...by Craig: I ws really happy with the ransom note. It was probably the best thing I had ever written in my life. "We want six hundred thousand, small old bills, and don't call the police. Please. It wouldn't do anybody any good. Especially Jill. Our patients is limited. Will contact later re payoff." It was fantastic...especially that bit about "patients". They would probably thingk we were illiterate or something! 3: The mourning tree by Johnston: Paula Garbraith couldn't believe her ears. It was Wayne standing in front of her, it had to be. Yet the man was saying, with a perfectly straight face, "Look lady, my name isn't Wayne Garbraith, and I'm certainly not your husband. I've never seen ou before in my life!"« less